Napkin-holder



A. HENDERSON.

NAPKIN HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-27.1919.

Patented Apr. 13, 1920.

UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT HENDERSON, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

NAPKIN-HOLDER.

Application filed August 27, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT HENDERSON, a citizen of the United States,and residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Napkin-Holders, of which the following is a specification, such as will enablethose skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to napkin holders and particularly to a device ofthis class designed to detachably support a naplnn of any kind or classand by means of which said napkin may be supported upon the chest of theuser and be held in an approximately flat or extended position; afurther, object being to provide a holder of the class specified whichwill not interfere in any way with the use of the napkin, and which maybe folded in connection with the napkin, if desired, when placing thenapkin upon the table prior to using the same; and with these and otherobjects in view the invention consists in a device of the class and forthe purpose specified, constructed and operated as hereinafterdescribed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawing forms apart, in which the separate partsof my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters ineach of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a front view of the deviceindicating a napkin connected therewith and showing the side portions ofthe device in an extended position; and,

Fig. 2 a view looking in the direction of the arrow 2 of Fig. 1 butshowing a part of a napkin in section.

In practice, I provide a napln'n holder 5, which is preferably made froma strip or rod of spring material bent to form an arcshaped cross head 6and approximately parallel sides 7 and 8, the end portions of which arebent to form inwardly and downwardly curved portions 9 and 10.

Secured to the sides 7 and 8 adjacent to the curved end portions 9 and10 are spring members 11 and 12, .each of which consists Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 13, 1920.

Serial No. 320,111.

of a sleeve portion 13 which passes around the sides 7 and 8 of theholder 5, and is secured thereto, and formed integral with the sleeves13 are spring fingers 1 1 preferably of the form shown in Fig. 2, andthe end portions 15 of which are adapted to operate in connection withthe sides 7 and S of the holder 5 to securely grasp one edge portion ofa napkin 16 therebetween.

In the use of the device the holder 5 may be first placed around theneck of the user by springing the sides 7 and 8 out- 'wardly in themanner illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 1 to permit the passage ofthe neck of the user between the curved end portions 9 and 10, afterwhich the sides 7 and 8 are again returned to their normal position bythe spring action of the holder and the napkin 16, or one edge portionthereof, is then passed over the arc-shaped cross head 6 and beneath thespring fingers 1 1 in the manner illustrated in Fig. 2. hen the napkinhas been secured in position, as above set out, it will beseen that thesame will be held in an approximately fiat or fully extended positionand will thus cover the entire chest portion of the user and yet permitthe use of the free or downwardly directed side portion of the napkinfor the purpose of wiping the hands or the mouth, whenever desired, asisusually the custom.

It will also be apparent that the nakpin 16 may be first connected withthe holder 5 and may be folded in connection therewith prior to the useof the napkin, and when it is desired to use the same, the napkin may beunfolded and extended with the holder 5 in connection therewith and saidholder placed around the neck of the user in the manner hereinbefore setout. In the use of the device the downwardly curved portions 9 and 10fit over the shoulders.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A napkin holder of the class described comprising an approximately Ushaped frame composed of a plain and unobstructed strip of springmaterial bent to form an arc-shaped cross head, parallel sides andinwardly and backwardly curved end porpresence of the subscribingWitnesses this tions, and spring clip devices on the sides 25th day ofAugust 1919.

of said holder adjacent to the curved end portions thereof substantiallyas shown and ALBERT HENDERSON described. Witnesses:

In testimony that I claim the foregoing G. E. MULREANY,

as my invention I have signed my name in H. E. THOMPSON.

